Re: Deno ????

Frank Howe <frankhowe@@vvzavenue.net> wrote:

> Is there a place that will give me some specs to have a billiard
> shaft made? What are your thoughts for the taper and size?
...

Schuler Cue offers several standard carom tapers, and their shafts
are supposed to be interchangeable, so you won't have to send your
stick back for a new shaft.  But any custom cue maker who cannot 
describe his possible/recommended tapers for carom shafts should
be avoided, since he doesn't know what he's doing.

> The place I play 3C at cleans the tables and balls alot.  Is
> this good?  Can you over clean a table or balls? 

It is a bad idea to clean the table during a shot, but after
every match is not excessively often.

> They have this thing that they use to wipe down the cloth with. 
> I am unsure as to what it is but it is reminds me off a 2x4
> covered with a cloth kinda like corduroy and it has two handles
> on top.  They place it on the table near the center and pull it
> to the rails and continue all the way around the tables.  Have
> you seen anything like it? 

It is fairly standard to wipe down tables like this.  Sometimes
strips of table cloth is used.  I'm not convinced that it makes
things cleaner, and with the current napless cloth, it won't have
any "brushing" benefit.  It will smear out any chalk marks and
make them less obvious. 

> They vacuum the tables at least 2 times per day and wipe them
> with that thing alot.  During the tournaments they clean the
> balls every round in a polishing/cleaning machine.  The tables
> are vacuumed before each tournament and after each one as well. 
> Is this normal?  Will it wear the cloth faster? 

It is normal for serious carom rooms.  Contrast this with a
celebrated action room in Las Vegas where the pool tables seem
never to have seen a vacuum cleaner, a table broom, a brush, a
wiping- down device.  The cloth goes on, and when it gets too
torn and dirty to use, it's ripped off and another goes on.
Or at least that's how it looked to me.  A pig sty. 

There are good reasons to keep equipment clean for serious play,
including reducing the wear and tear on the balls, but some
proprietors haven't caught on yet. 

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Bob Jewett
http://www.sfbilliards.com/